Gt28 coolant line replacement

I need to replace the coolant line that goes from my gt2871r to the y by the coolant ball

My old line was a custom weather head hydraulic hose made by napa crimped onto my banjo. The hose got rock hard and when I was doing my timing belt it snapped in half. I heat sleeved the last 2 feet of the hose and ensured it wasn't touching the hot side.

groggory, I think silicone/banjo combination would be the best solution. Mine has held up well over the years. I am not sure of the size, but I can def go out there and pull the line for some measurements if need be. LMK bud, head is already off the car and i can access the line pretty easy Also, I have my line heat wrapped and it has not dried out or become rock hard yet.

If you're going to come like this, why don't you come correct? I think you mean Samuel Langhorne Clemens. What's next, you want the work cited to be mentioned as well, on a car forum sig in quotation? How about you fail me professor

If you're going to come like this, why don't you come correct? I think you mean Samuel Langhorne Clemens. What's next, you want the work cited to be mentioned as well, on a car forum sig in quotation? How about you fail me professor

Dang, that stinks Grogg. I hate to see a good guy have troubles like that. My question though, is why don't you just use -6an line and not have to worry about it any more? You can get the hose barb to -an fittings, splice it close to the radiator, and even use stock clamps to hold it in place along the frame under the coolant ball. Then you can get the adapter from the block (14mm to -6an) to the turbo that way. No rubber lines to worry about anymore.

Chopped the head off my old banjo (they didn't have a 14mm banjo on hand). Sand blasted the crap that had accumulated on it (it was gross looking and covered in corrosion). Silver soldered a -8AN bung onto it. AWESOME JOB!! Top quality workmanship.

Then made me a new hose. 22 inches of teflon lined stainless braid line. -8AN swivel on both ends with crimped fittings.

Then sold me 18 inches of 2000F silicone fire sleeving. Cool stuff. It's stretchy so it'll slip over the big -8AN ends but fit nicely on the -8AN line.

Then sold me a brass -8AN to 1/2" barb coupler. This feeds onto the 1/2" reinforced rubber. That rubber will slip onto the factory 'Y' fitting down under the coolant ball area. He attached around 18 inches of rubber, but in all honesty I'll probably only use around 8 or so inches.

Deering industries is awesome. If you live in the North Orange County or South Bay Areas and need some race grade plumbing, drive over there and tell them what you need.